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Don’t Let Your Disgust Be Manipulated

Knowing how this most visceral emotion can be abused by bad actors is your best defense.

<em>The Atlantic</em> Publishes “The Great American Nov...

The list launches with events at the New Orleans Book Festival and on April 3 at the Strand, in New York

Of Course America Fell for Liquid Death

How is a company that sells canned water with a skull logo worth $1.4 billion?

I’m Disabled. Please Help Me.

I’ve come to understand that being nearly blind means my reliance on others is permanent. But I have not completely accepted this....

How Manipulators Use Disgust to Hijack Our Brain

And what you can do to stop them

What’s Happening in Russia Is Not an Election

Words matter. Call it an ‘election-style event.’

Inside a Hospital’s Abortion Committee

A Tennessee doctor explains how lifesaving decisions get made. And denied.

The Great American Novels

136 books that made America think

End the Phone-Based Childhood Now

The environment in which kids grow up today is hostile to human development.

The Case for Banning Smartphones in Schools

For a little over a decade, we have been raising children in an environment that is hostile to human development. We need to chang...

Donald Trump Is a National-Security Risk

The GOP candidate should not be given intelligence briefings.

It’s Just an App

America won't miss TikTok.

America Won’t Miss TikTok

Ban or no ban, the app’s best days are behind it.

Gaza on the Brink of Famine

Palestinians living in Gaza are struggling with extreme shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.

The Pleasure of Judging a Pop Star

Ariana Grande has turned her divorce drama into music that’s beautiful—and a little poisonous.

Ariana Grande’s Dishy Divorce Album

The pop star has turned her relationship drama into music that’s beautiful—and a little poisonous.

How Hur Misled the Country on Biden’s Memory

The saga has been something of a self-inflicted wound for Democrats.

The Bump-Stocks Case Is About Something Far Bigger Than...

It’s about the fundamentals of how American government works.

‘Some Damn Fine Shoes’

The artisans who are still making clothes in American factories

The Artisans Who Are Still Making Clothes in America

They’re stubborn, maybe crazy, and really good at what they do.

The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood

For a little over a decade, we have been raising children in an environment that is hostile to human development. We need to chang...

The Cowardice of <em>Guernica</em>

The decision by the editors of the literary magazine Guernica to retract an essay about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reveals m...

The Cowardice of <em>Guernica </em>

The decision by the editors of a literary magazine to retract an essay about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reveals much about h...

The Ozempic Revolution Is Stuck

Millions more Americans are now eligible for obesity drugs. But the injections remain maddeningly hard to find.

Could a TikTok Ban Actually Happen?

The push to curtail the platform has bipartisan support, but it faces major hurdles.

The Return of Measles

Cases are creeping up in America, and not because of politics.

Trump Repeats Obama’s Mistake

Political parties suffer when their focus narrows to the presidency.

What to Do About the Junkification of the Internet

Social-media companies define how billions of people experience the web. The rise of synthetic content only makes their role more ...

Generative AI Is Making an Old Problem Much, Much Worse

Social-media companies define how billions of people experience the internet. The rise of synthetic content only makes their role ...

Winners of the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards Open ...

A collection of some of the winning and shortlisted photos from this year’s competition

QAnon for Wine Moms

Kate Middleton needed privacy. The public had other ideas.

<em>Love Lies Bleeding </em>Is a Coen Brothers Thriller...

Kristen Stewart’s new movie is a refreshingly untraditional love story that flirts with paranormal body horror.

Why Everyone Is a Kate Middleton Truther Now

The Princess of Wales wanted privacy. The public had other ideas.

We Are All in Situationships

Two recent books dig into the crisis of modern love—and how we might forge more meaningful connections.

Did We Fall in Love With the Wrong House?

Would the house be around to bequeath to our children, or would it be underwater?

My Dream House and the Pond

Would the house be around to bequeath to our children, or would it be underwater?

Are Gen Z Men and Women Really Drifting Apart?

The much-theorized political rift has yet to show up in actual voting behavior.

What Do Crossword Puzzles Really Test?

In her new book, Anna Shechtman argues for puzzles that reflect a broader sense of common knowledge.

A Winning Romance Between Juiced-Up Bodybuilders

Love Lies Bleeding is a refreshingly untraditional love story that flirts with paranormal body horror.

The Myth of the Gen Z Gender Divide

The much-theorized political rift between young men and women has yet to show up in actual voting behavior.

Why Does Romance Now Feel Like Work?

Two recent books dig into the crisis of modern love—and how we might forge more meaningful connections.

A Bloody Retelling of <em>Huckleberry Finn</em>

Percival Everett transforms Mark Twain’s classic.

Take Crosswords Seriously

The puzzle is a site of play, a cultural forum, and even a political entity.

Stop Trying to Understand Trump Voters as if They Are A...

Readers respond to our January/February 2024 issue.

What Jimmy Kimmel Did Right

A conversation with Shirley Li about a thankless job on an actually normal night


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